this, and the route of Ibn Abī Laylā is in full accord with the Noble Verse.
The commentator said, “It appears that the permissive choice is a matter of consensus.”
Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr remarked, “Most of the reports from Kaʿb are worded in terms of choice; that is the explicit import of the Mighty Qur’an, and upon it the scholars in every land have acted.” And Allah knows best.
Benefit
• Fidya (compensation) is that which becomes obligatory on account of the Sacred Precinct or the state of iḥrām. It takes one of three forms—an animal sacrifice, feeding the poor, or fasting—and is divided into two categories:
First category: options are left to the individual, and this in turn comprises two types:
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Fidya for self-inflicted harm: wearing stitched garments, covering the head, applying perfume, removing hair, and the like. The pilgrim may choose between slaughtering a sheep, feeding six needy persons, or fasting three days.
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Compensation for hunting: the pilgrim may choose between offering a livestock animal equivalent to the game, or assessing the value of that animal and buying food with it—one mudd of wheat, or half a sāʿ of something else, for every needy person—or fasting one day in place of each needy person who would have been fed.
Second category: to be carried out in a set order, and it includes four types:
- The sacrifice required for tamattuʿ or qirān.
- A sacrifice incurred for abandoning a mandatory act.
- A sacrifice for marital intercourse, or ejaculation through direct physical contact and the like.
- The sacrifice for being prevented (from completing the pilgrimage).
In all of these cases a blood sacrifice is obligatory; if one cannot find an animal, he must fast ten days.
Decision of the Council of Senior Scholars concerning the transport of the meat of sacrificial animals and offerings:
In resolution no. 77 dated 21/10/1400 AH, the Council of Senior Scholars stated: “After deliberating on the issue of transporting meat that has been lawfully slaughtered because of the Sacred Precinct or the state of iḥrām, …”